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[|Back to Class Blog 3o] [|Back to Class Blog 3b] [|Common Craft - Social Media Videos] =COURSE TOPICS - OUTLINE =


 * INTRODUCTION**
 * Welcome to Social Media!
 * What is Social Media?media type="custom" key="6915787" width="96" height="96" align="right"
 * [|SlideShare - Powerpoint of What is Social Media]


 * PowerPoint - Slideshare
 * Common Craft - Social Media in Plain English


 * Choosing the right social media tool for your needs


 * Instructor explains goals, expectations and assignments.

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2. **Blogging**
 * What is a blog?
 * Blogging in Plain English - Creative Commons
 * Students will create a blog using Blogger
 * Account name: firstnamesocialmedia.blogspot.com
 * Set up new gmail account: firstnamesocialmedia@gmail.com
 * Create a table in Word to keep track of accounts
 * Students will use this blog as a learning journal to reflect upon each tool that is introduced in the course. As well as keep track of the links of their favorite tools.
 * Students will learn how to embed video, change the background, add gadgets, copy and paste html to add animation, etc.

3. **Wikis** = =
 * What is a wiki?
 * Wikis in Plain English - see WIki Link in sidebar for notes and video.
 * [|Wikipedia in Plain English]
 * Students will create a wiki on Wikispaces.com
 * Become a member of Mrs. James wiki - ahssocialmedia.wikispaces.com (this will allow students to edit pages)
 * User name: firstnamesocialmedia
 * Use gmail email
 * Students will learn to add widgets, embed video, change background - look and feel, add animation.

= TOPIC: BLOG =

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 * Students will:**
 * Identify reasons someone uses a blog
 * Explain and identify key features of a blog
 * chronological order
 * posts
 * Create a blog utilizing Blogger
 * Add heading to blog
 * Create a post
 * Edit
 * Remove
 * Work in compose mode and html mode - identify the differences
 * Add gadgets to blog
 * Add blog list
 * Add link list
 * Add Voki/Animated Text
 * Embed HTML Code
 * Add Pages
 * delete and edit pages
 * Add pictures to post
 * Add links in a post
 * Change background design - upload own picture
 * Identify and change settings
 * private or public blog - control who can see your blog
 * add authors/contributors
 * Rearrange Gadgets in design mode

= TOPIC: WIKI =

What is a wiki?

Students will:
 * Create a wiki account
 * Identify features of a wiki
 * Request permission to be a member of Mrs. James Wiki - ahssocialmedia.wikispaces.com
 * Identify and describe what a wiki is and possible uses for a wiki
 * Manage wiki pages
 * rename wiki pages
 * revert pages
 * view history
 * set permissions
 * Upload files and images[[image:Picture_5.png width="394" height="269" align="right"]]
 * Add Widgets
 * Add links - wiki pages and external links
 * Insert code
 * View recent changes
 * Add new wiki pages to store information
 * Change appearance of wiki



= TOPIC: EMAIL =
 * Create a yahoo account
 * Create a gmail account
 * add contacts

These two accounts will be utilized when we sign up for web tools - blogger - gmail, and Delicious - yahoo

= TOPIC: Avatars =

Students will:
 * explain why a person would utilize an avatar as a profile picture
 * Explore the Voki tool and create a talking Avatar
 * Embed the Voki html into their blog post and wiki page
 * Change the background and record their own voice when creating the talking avatar

What are avatars?

= Tool: Voki =

What is Voki?


 * Create an account on [|Voki.com]**
 * You will have to confirm your registration before you are able to save your Voki.


 * Evaluate Voki Tool - post voki reflection and voki on blog


 * Add Voki widget to your student wiki page.


 * Create a voki utilizing the telephone or cell phone - your own voice

= Tool: MEEZ =

Students will:
 * Create an animated avatar
 * Create a room.
 * Earn points to gain more items
 * Embed their avatar on their blog and wiki pages
 * Participate in a chat room with other members of the class

What is Meez?

Create an account on [|Meez.com]

Create an animated avatar. Have FUN!


 * To earn points you may play games! Receive gifts, log in daily and receive a daily boost - which are points, or you can actually pay money for points.

Post avatar to blog - evaluate/reflect upon the Meez tool - take a snap shot of room with chatting occuring

Add [|MEEZ] user name to class wiki


 * Create a room.**
 * Click MEEZNATION
 * Click Roommakerz

Post your room URL on your student blog.

Post your room URL on the Web Tool Box blog - you are an administrator - just edit post.

Participate in chat.

Add friends by visiting each Meez room and click add Friend - in order to become a friend - the classmate has to approve your request.

HAVE FUN!!!!!


 * Explore other avatar websites on our wiki avatar page**

= TOPIC: Social Bookmarking =

Many students do research and work in groups for many school projects. Social Bookmarking allows research websites found at home to be more readily available at a partner's house or even at school. Students can share websites in and out of the classroom. Social bookmarking sites also serve as a search engine, opposed to using Google or Yahoo. Students can search social bookmarking websites using tag words and find websites that other users have saved using those tags. Students can create groups or networks, and share helpful links within the school setting. Students can access their own bookmarks, share them, as well as view bookmarks anywhere they have internet access. Bookmarks can be set to private - and not shared.

Students will: media type="file" key="Social Bookmarking in Plain English, for the rest of us [www.keepvid.com].flv" width="360" height="270" align="right"
 * Explore Social Bookmarking Websites
 * Define social bookmarking and explain why someone should utilize a social bookmarking site
 * Create bookmarks using Delcious
 * Download the Delicious add on toolbar
 * Tag bookmarks and explain the purpose of tagging a website
 * Create a network with other students in the class to share their bookmarks

What is social bookmarking? (to read about social bookmarking or visit my social bookmarking post on our [|class blog])


 * Create a post that discusses** social bookmarking **. What is social bookmarking? What are reasons someone utilizes social bookmarking?**


 * Then explain/evaluate three of the social bookmarking tools in separate posts. Or you can include them in one post.**


 * Title the post Social Bookmarking. Or you can have four posts - Social Bookmarking, Symbaloo, Delicious, Diigo.**


 * Tool: Symbaloo**
 * Create a symbaloo account
 * Add several bookmarks to it
 * Set as your homepage
 * Add Firefox add on toolbar
 * Edit Web Mix
 * Change Wallpaper
 * Upload own picture
 * Edit Tile
 * Add icon
 * Upload own picture
 * Share a Web Mix
 * World
 * Copy URL
 * Update Webmix
 * Stop Sharing Web Mix
 * Explore, Reflect and Share tool on your blog


 * Tool: Delicious**
 * Create a delicious account account - install extensions
 * Add bookmarks of web tools
 * Post a link to your Delicious account on your blog (make sure that it is your account, not just delicious.com)
 * Add delicious account to our class wiki page
 * Add Firefox add on toolbar
 * Click on each students Delicious Account Link - this will take you to their page - add them to your Network
 * Explore, Reflect and Share tool on your blog


 * Tool: Diigo**
 * Mrs. James created accounts - Social Media Group 3o and 3b
 * Change Password
 * Create a diigo account account
 * Add bookmarks of web tools
 * Post a link to your bookmarks on your blog
 * Join AHS Social Media group
 * Add Diigo Toolbar - under tool settings
 * Import Delicious Bookmarks
 * Create a List
 * Add a bookmark to a list
 * Explore, Reflect and Share tool on your blog
 * Highlight - edit, delete, share, preview
 * What is Chached?
 * http://vimeo.com/12687333
 * Join a group
 * Post Diigo link on student blog
 * Create sticky notes
 * go back to website and view sticky notes - can make comments on sticky notes
 * Sticky notes will appear on websites from now - from others plus yours
 * Save images - a disk shows up in the right bottom corner of image on the web - just click and it bookmarks the picture

__**Diigo - What sets Diigo apart from Delicious?**__

Install Diigo toolbar
 * Highlighter
 * Sticky Notes
 * What is a sticky note?
 * Where does it go?
 * Number represents number of comments
 * Floating sticky note - Add a floating note to this page - Comment Icon
 * GO OVER FOUR TABS
 * My library
 * Read later
 * Bookmarks
 * Images
 * Notes
 * My Tags
 * My Lists
 * My Network
 * Shows people you follow
 * By following people, you can get useful items from people you trust.
 * My Groups
 * Share your bookmarks
 * Community
 * My Lists
 * Create a list
 * Import Delicious bookmarks
 * Hot Bookmarks from the Diigo Community
 * Email updates from group
 * Help feature
 * Send to blog
 * Save to Delicious


 * Explore other social bookmarking tools to see what else is out there.** REQUIRED

[|Spurl] [|BuddyMarks] [|Redditt] [|Stumble Upon] [|faviki] [|citeulike]

Below are websites that list social bookmarking sites - with links and descriptions - you may find the same bookmarking sites on each site. Have fun exploring!

[|Collaboration and Bookmarking websites]

[|More Social Bookmarking Sites]

[|125 Social Bookmarking Sites]

[|Top 30 as of 2008]

Visit [|wikipedia] for a list of social bookmarking sites. Explore sites!

TOPIC: EMAIL AND PHOTOS SPEAKING MESSAGES

Students will
 * See alternatives to just sending a text email - they will create talking messages.
 * Turn photographs into talking messages.
 * Email a talking message to a teacher.
 * HAVE FUN!!!!


 * Talking Email Messages**

You will take your picture on Photobooth or with a digital camera - DO NOT SMILE with your teeth showing. It works better with no teeth showing.


 * Explore the following websites and create a talking email message or talking photo:**
 * [|E-trade Talking Baby] - on this website you can add your own picture and even a picture of your pet will work!
 * email it to a teacher
 * embed the code onto your wiki page - create a new page to store your talking messages on
 * Place URL of the message that you created onto your blog post
 * embed the code on a new page on your blog
 * [|Career Builder Monk-e-mail]- on this website you can create a talking monkey email
 * [|Arby's Juniorize Me]
 * [|Oddcast Talking Pictures] - a variety of websites where you can create various talking messages - uploading pictures

Save your URL's on your wiki. Post your URL's of the messages you created on the tool your evaluation post.

Post your creations on your blog (new page on blog - title it Talking Messages) and wiki site - create a new page on your wiki - that says Talking Email Messages/Photos


 * Share, Reflect, Evaluate Tools

TOPIC: WORD CLOUDS

[|**Wordle**] - Wordle is a web tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

[|**Tagul**]- is a free word cloud generator that offers one clear difference compared to other word cloud generators like [|Wordle]. The difference between Wordle and [|Tagul] is when you create a word cloud with Tagul, every word in your word cloud is linked to a Google search. Click on any word in your word cloud to be taken directly to a Google search results page for that word. Tagul creates a word cloud from text you copy into your Tagul account. Tagul will also generate a word cloud from any url you specify. Just as you can with other word cloud generators, Tagul allows you to specify words to ignore in creating your word clouds. Once your word cloud is created Tagul provides you with an embed code to put your cloud on your blog or website. Features:
 * Free to use.
 * Generate tag clouds to replace ordinary tag clouds.
 * Each tag is linked with a URL and is “clickable” which can be used for navigation.
 * Has custom shapes selection and multiple fonts.
 * Create tag clouds that have different shapes and features like text inside text and rollover effects.
 * Embed and share your tag cloud.

[|**Tagexdo**] [|TagCrowd] [|ToCloud] [|WorditOut] [|ZoomClouds] [|Text Tag Cloud] Image Chef
 * Create word clouds in the form of shapes, letters.
 * Export word clouds - explore where you can export your word clouds.
 * Add word clouds to blog.
 * Customize items with a picture or text

TOPIC: BLOG

Blog Information media type="file" key="videoplayback.flv" width="360" height="270" align="right"


 * Students will:**
 * Identify reasons someone uses a blog
 * Explain and identify key features of a blog
 * chronological order
 * posts
 * Create a blog utilizing Blogger
 * Add heading to blog
 * Create a post
 * Edit
 * Remove
 * Work in compose mode and html mode - identify the differences
 * Add gadgets to blog
 * Add blog list
 * Add link list
 * Add Voki/Animated Text
 * Embed HTML Code
 * Add Pages
 * delete and edit pages
 * Add pictures to post
 * Add links in a post
 * Change background design - upload own picture
 * Identify and change settings
 * private or public blog - control who can see your blog
 * add authors/contributors

TOPIC: EMAIL
 * Create a yahoo account
 * Create a gmail account
 * add contacts

These two accounts will be utilized when we sign up for web tools - blogger - gmail, and Delicious - yahoo